Architecture and Landscape Architecture Events
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Lecture featuring Paolo Bürgi, University of Pennsylvania
Monday, March 5, 6:30pm
UBC Robson Square
Paolo Bürgi
Camorino
Studio Bürgi / University of Pennsylvania
www.burgi.ch
Lecture is free and open to the public.
Engineering Events
ICICS/ECE/IEEE Workshop on Future Communications and Multimedia Systems
Friday, March 9, 8am-4:30pm
Kaiser 2020/2030, 2332 Main Mall, UBC
Presented by: Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS), UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering (EECE) and IEEE Vancouver section.
"EMPOWERING COMMUNICATIONS"
Featuring:
- Wireless Networks;
- Multimedia;
- Social Networking;
- Communications for Smart Grid
For more information, please visit: http://www.icics.ubc.ca/workshops/comm2012/index.html
Cleaning Membranes with Bubbles
Tuesday, March 6, 1-3pm
Kaiser 2020/2030, 2332 Main Mall, UBC
The Department of Civil Engineering is honoured to announce the presentation “Cleaning Membranes with Bubbles” by Dr. Pierre Bérubé.
Bérubé is an Associate Professor with over 15 years of research and consulting experience dealing with the development and optimization of membrane technologies for water and wastewater treatment applications. Dr. Bérubé actively collaborates with researchers nationally and internationally on a number of research projects funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Water Network, the Water Environment Research Foundation, and the European Membrane- Network.
For more information, please visit: http://blogs.apsc.ubc.ca/civilnews/2012/02/27/cleaning-membranes-with-bubbles/
10-minute Engineering Faculty Research Presentations
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 12-1pm
Kaiser 2020/2030, 2332 Main Mall, UBC
As part of Celebration Research Week, four faculty are willing take on the task of presenting their research, each in only 10 minutes! Similar to the Graduate Student Three Minute Thesis competition, but without a judging panel, these top-flight researchers will inform and inspire you.
- Sathish Gopalakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, “Research in Cyber-Physical Systems”,
- Murray Hodgson, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, “The Sustainable Building Science Program and the Acoustics & Noise Research Group at UBC”,
- Steve Rogak, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, “Why is it so urgent that Clean Energy Research by conducted at Universities?”,
- Thomas Tannert, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, “Research on Timber Joints and Structures”.
Light beverages/snacks provided. No need to RSVP.
Nursing Events
Getting to the Root of Your Kids’ Sleep Problems
Monday, March 5, 1-2pm
Lillooet Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre,
1961 East Mall, UBC Vancouver
Infant sleep expert Dr. Wendy Hall and pediatrician Dr. Osman Ipsiroglu review how to identify and reduce biological and behavioural sources of infant and child sleep difficulties with a Q&A session to follow
Football Fans in Training (FFIT)
Tuesday, March 6, 12-1pm
Room T206 (3rd Floor of the UBC Hospital),
2211 Wesbrook Mall, UBC Vancouver
UK researcher, Professor Kate Hunt, discusses the specifics of designing gender-targeted approaches to weight management and lifestyle change for overweight and obese men in Scotland
